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Actually, I thought the bigger douche-move was SC telling me how my ban had nothing to do with you and that he never really liked you anyway. The whole situation at AA with you and I was a crock of shit and I think everybody knew it. After that, the whole community kinda went downhill.

News to me. SC was about the only dude keeping me informed of anything. For someone who didn't like me, he sure went out of his way to defend my ass and keep me in the loop. Hell, he started the whole "Intellectuals" movement as a way of middle-fingering the other mods. I think, honestly Liegenschonheit was the one who did me in. I think she was the deciding vote, and instead of going with her heart, she went with her head. I don't blame her for that. I know, flat out, that I broke rules.

Dtortot was the one destined to hate me, I think. He came on here a while ago and we made some headway into understanding each other, so I don't think too badly of him anymore. Back on AA he used to drive me up the wall with his inconsistent treatment of various personalities. In fact, most of the ****ing mods did that. If you were an IRCer or around during the "ol days", you were ****ing immune from anything, no matter how trollish or stupid your shit was.

My final nail in the coffin was about a god damned gothic / emo kid thread that I tore apart. I still haven't apologized for it (and I wont either).

I kid you not, that guy kindly helped me improve my writing skills way back when my magnum opus was "Yu Yu Hakusho is a good anime. It is a good anime because it had good characters. You should watch Yu Yu Hakusho because of its characters" Thank God AA's forum crash killed that (and many other) of my old reviews. It also killed all the PMs you guys sent to me asking me to join, so if Sorrow-kun is going to have to build a time machine to get his letter.

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After that, the whole community kinda went downhill.

No kidding. Within days General Anime got its guts ripped out and it damn near dropped dead on the spot. Some new blood did allow it to limp along but the mods effectively neutered their own site.

Who knows. That's what I was told by SC when I complained in IRC. Truthfully, all I remember is Ritalin and Liegy being on my side. Too bad that didn't work out for me.

DT was something else but I'm all for blaming his behavior on him being a drunk Mexican. Being an IRCer during the "old days" didn't do me much good. Also, I'd never apologize for having fun at the expense of teen angst and trends.

I kid you not, that guy kindly helped me improve my writing skills way back when my magnum opus was "Yu Yu Hakusho is a good anime. It is a good anime because it had good characters. You should watch Yu Yu Hakusho because of its characters" Thank God AA's forum crash killed that (and many other) of my old reviews. It also killed all the PMs you guys sent to me asking me to join, so if Sorrow-kun is going to have to build a time machine to get his letter.

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After that, the whole community kinda went downhill.

No kidding. Within days General Anime got its guts ripped out and it damn near dropped dead on the spot. Some new blood did allow it to limp along but the mods effectively neutered their own site.

Every PM i had from my debacle with AA was still there after Jen unbanned me. After reading what I wrote to SC, I'd be the first to admit that maybe a temporary ban would have been acceptable, but a permaban was overkill.

I'm confused about the General Anime section getting torn apart. Since I was obviously banned, mind filling me in?

Every PM i had from my debacle with AA was still there after Jen unbanned me. After reading what I wrote to SC, I'd be the first to admit that maybe a temporary ban would have been acceptable, but a permaban was overkill.

Oh wait a sec...

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Originally Posted by SevenHello Shadowmage, I am leader of the rebel alliance....

in my dreams. Anyway, I was just reading your Gunslinger Girl review, and I was awed. Quite a thorough review, and it held my attention (much unlike some of the reviewers at AA) quite well. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your review. Your review was top notch in explaining and justifiying your grade while being as detailed as possible.

So let me cut to the chase. I'd like you to apply for a position at The Nihon Review. Your excellent writing skills are more of what we need. We need quality in our reviews, and that is something I think you could easily bring to the table.

The monthly review requirements are exactly the same as at AA, however, we're a much more enjoyable group of people I think. Now we may be small right now, but we plan to grow, and be every bit as good as AA, if not 10x better. Our goal is to be number one, and I think you could help us acheive that goal.

Some come on over and give us a look. You'll find the staff application form in the FAQ section should you like to fill one out.

If you choose to do so, please send a copy to myself, Tamashii, and DarkKanti.

Thank you for your time and I hope to see you in the near future

+[ Seven

This was followed by the most generic BS "no"s I could come up with.

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I'm confused about the General Anime section getting torn apart. Since I was obviously banned, mind filling me in?

As Linuts concisely put it "General Anime died".

I (and a few others) still posted as usual with my generic, "OMG this episode was awesome" posts, but many people hit a tipping point where we pretty much needed someone like TIF to actually have debates. Certain shows like Code Geass which easily lends itself to dialogue were discussed, but most of the anime threads just became feel good "I like this", "I like this too", "me three". The entire thing just became really, really bland.

The whole situation at AA with you and I was a crock of shit and I think everybody knew it. After that, the whole community kinda went downhill.

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No kidding. Within days General Anime got its guts ripped out and it damn near dropped dead on the spot. Some new blood did allow it to limp along but the mods effectively neutered their own site.

There is a perverse vengeful side to me that takes great joy in this.There is also a melancholic side to me that feels very bad about this.

I mean, there is a serious part of me that still hates my ban to this day, even though I know, rationally, that what I did was wrong. It was like I wasn't being punished for breaking the rules so much as I was getting kicked in the balls and having my toy taken away from me. AA was my only anime online community. I tried a couple others, but they didn't feel right. I liked the people at AA. I liked the discussions. I was allowed to be myself, for the most part, and it felt like someone was telling me that my real self was an unacceptable monster that wasn't allowed to live in an idyllic society. Hell, maybe they're right. But it stung hard. With irrational pain comes irrational feelings. I can't stop myself from resenting the **** out of the mod team at AA.

But, and I said this to dtortot, I didn't set out to start a Cult of TIF. Yeah, that's egotistical and exaggerated, but some faggots really liked me and liked having me around. They were my friends as much as I was theirs. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like the attention, but I didn't like people speaking for me, sticking up for me, or even blindly accepting my behavior. To me, that felt like people knew what I was doing was wrong, but didn't care. Ironic that this is exactly what I wanted the mods to do.

Lastly, I thought I had bought myself some sort of immortality, honestly, with my involvement in the Annie-May Fanart Thread. Shit, that thread was going to go without me, but Alex Lyn Sara and Linuts sure picked up on some of my ideas and made some ****-win fanart. I still have some of the pictures saved on my hard drive. ALL the TIF ones. My personal favorite is still the muscle bound TIF popping out of the Annie May birthday cake. I felt like they, Linuts especially, had turned me into an endearing character. I was entertained by someone else's perception of my personality.

Then they fagged the whole thing up by NOT including any of the forum personalities in the official comic. Worst ****ing idea they ever had.

Anyway, I didn't want to be part of the "thing" that brought AA down, I wanted to still be a part of the community. I went there recently and, yep, still banned. I had made another name and had only MEANT to use it for browsing purposes to keep up on the new comments in each thread, but like a ****ing doofus I had to start posting. For those who're curious, the name was Lurker. Also banned after Corpse found out.

You sonofabitch. Obviously you couldn't say know for too long. Just like your mother. The rebel alliance always wins anyway; **** the dark side. And really what you're saying is, TIF was General Anime. Nice.

TIF, you only made one account? ****, I got parts of the northeast banned when they couldn't stop me from registering new names and posting shit in my juvenile rage. They had to do a ranged IP ban because I kept circumventing their attempts to get rid of me. If it hadn't been past my bedtime, I probably would have tried to find more ways to spoof my IP just to piss them off.

If you check IRC though, nobody idles except for Rit, sohryu, Drake and myself and Rit'll probably unban you if you ask nicely. That's not to say that you won't immediately be re-banned, but I suppose it might be worth a shot.

It sure felt like it sometimes. Soundchazer apparently lobbied to ban me from everywhere BUT General Anime, but that didn't fly.

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My only regret is that I never got to say goodbye Cry

THIS. The thing about being moderated is that you're just gone and there is nothing to be said about it. Eventually word gets around that so and so isn't here anymore, and the general confusion sets in. I remember my banning causing a shit storm for a while, but in that thread I got to see who were the people who truly liked me and those who truly hated me. The only faggot who had a surprising bit of support for me was Yurika Star, which is retarded because I constantly tore that gay teenage emo wuss a new asshole. But that was probably more because he knew he was just as bad as I was, but he got away with it.

Anyway, if I got to say my peace and my goodbyes, I'd probably have not been such a bitter bitch about the whole thing. Instead, I had moe be my spokesperson for all of 5 minutes (it got stupid after the first time), and I just gave up trying to do anything to **** the AA mods over.

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If you check IRC though, nobody idles except for Rit, sohryu, Drake and myself and Rit'll probably unban you if you ask nicely. That's not to say that you won't immediately be re-banned, but I suppose it might be worth a shot.

Unban me and do what, exactly? As SM has pointed out, AA is dead. I just looked it over not too long ago and the most recently updated threads are ****ing pathetic and few. There was even a thread amongst the regulars nostalgically talking about the "Good ol' Days". Someone actually brought me up, too. Like you could avoid mentioning my ass. Whether they like it or not, I was part of that website's Golden Age, and that's well over.

Tho I will miss the discussions. I don't know why we haven't seen more old AA fags show up here. Maybe they just moved on and got a life. PFFFT yeah right.

I think I've just missed out on one of the best threads in NHRW in ages.

@SM

I'm kinda surprised at your humble beginnings.

I first spotted AA forums in early 2006, and only decided to join as a member somewhere mid-year. Niner tore my first review at AA (it was Monster, I vividly remember) to shreds, and it supposedly got him temporarily banned for it. Heck, I remember even Roark, Liegy and Mana stepping into the picture over the incident. Erigion loved to ban all my childish threads, and Mana liked to whip me every other time.

It wasn't good memories but Pachinko pm-ed me and we started pm-ing each other. That's when I heard about NHRW and gave it a shot with Gankutsuou (first NHRW review for me). She did me a big favour with that first single PM, and it's amazing to see where the hell she vanished to right now.

@Seven

It's very sad to see what AA has degenerated to. I still regularly post there - although they're usually useless ones, like bitching spambots - but seriously, nobody talks about anything anymore over there. Nobody is starting a topic because nobody would response. Nobody is responding because nobody is starting a topic.

Wow I come here expecting some troll thread and what's this? I think this is the first time I've seen Seven so serious and personal. And thanks for the history lesson. From what I remember, SC didn't hate TIF at all, I recall him saying TIF was the best thing that happened to AA. I do remember SC treating Seven like shit though, several times, so he probably made some shit up about TIF.

Anyway yea, AA is dead. Let's just be glad Seven somehow tricked Tama and Sorrow to continue building this place? =D

I remembered that Sorrow wanted to do a Nihon Review history thing, and a few days back I was reflecting on how the site was built and how it came to be what it is today. I don't know if that's still a go, but I'll share some of my story (and if it was a go, I'd do it more formally har har). As for AA, I thought it was a great place for a long while until I got shaken by the drudgery of real life, and in turn, anime. It was all about personality, a gathering of pseudo-intellectuals, retards, nerds, geeks, and freaks. It was a community that was at times warm and welcoming, and at times bitter but still interesting. Regardless, I could never get as attached to it as many of you were, and I never bothered or could make an impression there. Most of what I remember is just a slur, being the 14-15 year old I was and having a lot of real life issues. I dropped the whole gag when things got more interesting; incompetent people were becoming "mods". Heavy in Nihon Review, I only saw AA in flashes and I can remember the ordeal with TIF and Seven, and I can't remember if I did anything or said anything. That's all in the past, it was good while it lasted, but I wish I experienced more, even if it was shittier, and remembered more. It certainly was a great time sink.

Onto the microwave dinner history lesson, and I really mean microwave dinner because my memory blows--I saw Pheldie's Place and thought it was an interesting opportunity to review, something that AA inspired me to do. I don't recall exactly how I got involved, I just remember the purple layout of the birth site, and looking back, how Seven's gone a long way as a graphic designer since. (I called myself Boco, but after a few months it struck me as a retard's name, so I moved on, pulling heavy influence from one of my favorite songs and albums of all time, Tamashii no Refrain. I'm pretty sure I was still a retard, regardless)

We were kids and it was all cool, but I was an arrogant bastard. I wanted a lot more. Perhaps it was Seven's idea to review everything imaginable, but I believe it was my urging that pushed Pheldie's Place into AMG Reviews. It was a god awful name, honestly, but neither of us knew any better. I can't remember who came up with it, but it was an amalgamation of Anime, Manga, and Games--literally and physically. Except we never got to the manga part. The design came from Seven, and his idea was to feature a loli from an ero-game, I believe. I think we got Ritalin to help us at some point with design and coding. We picked up DarkKanti and Kuma around this time, I think, really key guys that helped the site build the core reviews. Those were really good times. However, I was getting more and more frustrated with the quality of the site, completely blind to how my silly ambitions were intruding on others. I rid the site of a reviewer or two, and before long, we came to Nihon Review. I guess Seven and I came to the conclusion that AMG sounded too much like the well-known music reviewing service. Again, Ritalin helped Seven out on the coding, I believe. I wrote a ton of foundational stuff and made a lot of decisions that still stick around today.

I think this was around the time Sorrow joined. We had our eyes on Sorrow, who I thought was fantastic, and Seven eventually picked him up. Seven was the big recruiter and I usually gave the advice or ran the contests. We also picked up Kurier then, who just turned 14, I think, another key player. Initially the site was really simple, but I wanted the best. Keep in mind that I was still 15 or 16. I found a website that was able to use a new engine (this was when blogging was getting hot), Wordpress, to great effect. I didn't know it then, but Seven felt he was losing his own website with how much I wanted to do everything (and at one point, I did--exhausting stuff). He did less work and eventually he snapped back when I wanted to push Wordpress. The site almost blew up as a result because I handled the situation really poorly and had a massive ego. Eventually Seven submitted. It's one of the things I regret with the history of the site and it's been a while since I last talked about "making" the site, because I still can't see past just being a big asshole.

I arbitrarily found a guy from the middle east who was willing to work for $20. He put together the whole Wordpress system and it was missing some parts at first. Bravotwo agreed to keep making little edits through the weeks for no additional pay, even though we both knew his work, to other American programmers, was worth hundreds. Some time later new people came along and cleaned up the code, as well as introducing the look and function of the main page we know and love today (sorry this part is really fuzzy). I was getting weary of the site by then because of school and I was long done watching anime. I think I coined the Year in Review idea and that was my last bit with the site. The site became too much of a job and I promoted a handful of people to administrator. Sorrow was proving himself a worthy leader and eventually he took reigns of the project quietly and I stepped down happily. Maybe we've got PMs or forum posts of this period, but I barely remember it.

2006 came and I was popping in and out, not really doing anything, with barely the strength to edit drafts. I still remember the days when I had everyone submit original screenshots and I would crop them, host them, and post them myself. What a contrast. I graduated high school in 2007 and remember nothing of NHRV, because I did nothing. I watched from the sidelines in 2008. But 2008 was the key year when the site finally got their reviewers with incredible potential living up to that potential, and Sorrow's leadership was paying off double time. There was one guy I was skeptical about, but he turned out to be a trump card: Shadowmage. The site had a great roster with the likes of AC, Akira, Ascaloth, royal crown, zzeroparticle and Kavik Ryx. By then the site's traffic had increased ten fold and has been holding steady since. The blog was finally picking up after a slow start in '07. And now here we are!

Sorry if I forgot anyone. If it becomes something official, Seven and I will try to mention everyone.

It's very sad to see what AA has degenerated to. I still regularly post there - although they're usually useless ones, like bitching spambots - but seriously, nobody talks about anything anymore over there. Nobody is starting a topic because nobody would response. Nobody is responding because nobody is starting a topic.

Heck, we don't poke each other for birthday wishes anymore there.

After being unbanned, I've done more of the same and not left Misc or Art. The other boards started sucking even before I was banned. Then again, I was the original bitching spambot, 'cept I did so in the appropriate forums. 8/17/2005 R.I.P.

Wow I come here expecting some troll thread and what's this? I think this is the first time I've seen Seven so serious and personal. And thanks for the history lesson. From what I remember, SC didn't hate TIF at all, I recall him saying TIF was the best thing that happened to AA. I do remember SC treating Seven like shit though, several times, so he probably made some shit up about TIF.

Anyway yea, AA is dead. Let's just be glad Seven somehow tricked Tama and Sorrow to continue building this place? =D

Serious and personal? That doesn't sound like me at all! Ironically, I wasn't even drunk. SC power-tripped after he won the professorship and I was on the wrong side of his ego. Hard to believe that a 30-something man could be so childish.

I remembered that Sorrow wanted to do a Nihon Review history thing, and a few days back I was reflecting on how the site was built and how it came to be what it is today. I don't know if that's still a go, but I'll share some of my story (and if it was a go, I'd do it more formally har har). As for AA, I thought it was a great place for a long while until I got shaken by the drudgery of real life, and in turn, anime. It was all about personality, a gathering of pseudo-intellectuals, retards, nerds, geeks, and freaks. It was a community that was at times warm and welcoming, and at times bitter but still interesting. Regardless, I could never get as attached to it as many of you were, and I never bothered or could make an impression there. Most of what I remember is just a slur, being the 14-15 year old I was and having a lot of real life issues. I dropped the whole gag when things got more interesting; incompetent people were becoming "mods". Heavy in Nihon Review, I only saw AA in flashes and I can remember the ordeal with TIF and Seven, and I can't remember if I did anything or said anything. That's all in the past, it was good while it lasted, but I wish I experienced more, even if it was shittier, and remembered more. It certainly was a great time sink.

You have a very romanticized view of AA.

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Onto the microwave dinner history lesson, and I really mean microwave dinner because my memory blows--I saw Pheldie's Place and thought it was an interesting opportunity to review, something that AA inspired me to do. I don't recall exactly how I got involved, I just remember the purple layout of the birth site, and looking back, how Seven's gone a long way as a graphic designer since. (I called myself Boco, but after a few months it struck me as a retard's name, so I moved on, pulling heavy influence from one of my favorite songs and albums of all time, Tamashii no Refrain. I'm pretty sure I was still a retard, regardless)

We were kids and it was all cool, but I was an arrogant bastard. I wanted a lot more. Perhaps it was Seven's idea to review everything imaginable, but I believe it was my urging that pushed Pheldie's Place into AMG Reviews. It was a god awful name, honestly, but neither of us knew any better. I can't remember who came up with it, but it was an amalgamation of Anime, Manga, and Games--literally and physically. Except we never got to the manga part. The design came from Seven, and his idea was to feature a loli from an ero-game, I believe. I think we got Ritalin to help us at some point with design and coding. We picked up DarkKanti and Kuma around this time, I think, really key guys that helped the site build the core reviews. Those were really good times. However, I was getting more and more frustrated with the quality of the site, completely blind to how my silly ambitions were intruding on others. I rid the site of a reviewer or two, and before long, we came to Nihon Review. I guess Seven and I came to the conclusion that AMG sounded too much like the well-known music reviewing service. Again, Ritalin helped Seven out on the coding, I believe. I wrote a ton of foundational stuff and made a lot of decisions that still stick around today.

How the **** was I supposed to know she was from an ero game? I hunted for stocks everywhere on the tubes and that was the best one i could find! Plus, titties. Sweet delicious titties. Liegy and Rit helped with design if I recall correctly but only Rit helped with the coding. She also got me hooked on that eQuix design we used for some time. Somebody else helped with the design too. As for changing the name from AMG to NHRV, definitely your idea. Kuma and DK were both solid additions and DK and I still talk fairly regularly. He's a pot-smoking boxing mexican workin' the streets of LA now. Pheldie's Place was kick-ass though. Purple and yellow with Excel on the loading page.

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I think this was around the time Sorrow joined. We had our eyes on Sorrow, who I thought was fantastic, and Seven eventually picked him up. Seven was the big recruiter and I usually gave the advice or ran the contests. We also picked up Kurier then, who just turned 14, I think, another key player. Initially the site was really simple, but I wanted the best. Keep in mind that I was still 15 or 16. I found a website that was able to use a new engine (this was when blogging was getting hot), Wordpress, to great effect. I didn't know it then, but Seven felt he was losing his own website with how much I wanted to do everything (and at one point, I did--exhausting stuff). He did less work and eventually he snapped back when I wanted to push Wordpress. The site almost blew up as a result because I handled the situation really poorly and had a massive ego. Eventually Seven submitted. It's one of the things I regret with the history of the site and it's been a while since I last talked about "making" the site, because I still can't see past just being a big asshole.

I'm still taking full credit for SK. The PM'S PROVE IT! As for Kuri, well, I love you Kenny-poo. The kid's a genius, I shit you not. As far as you being an asshole, it's all water under the bridge. Truthfully, I've always envied yours as well as Sorrow's drive to turn this place into a content goldmine. I lost interest in doing so a long time ago and it was people like you who made this place better than I'd ever imagined. You shouldn't feel like an asshole and I owe you an enormous thank you.

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I arbitrarily found a guy from the middle east who was willing to work for $20. He put together the whole Wordpress system and it was missing some parts at first. Bravotwo agreed to keep making little edits through the weeks for no additional pay, even though we both knew his work, to other American programmers, was worth hundreds. Some time later new people came along and cleaned up the code, as well as introducing the look and function of the main page we know and love today (sorry this part is really fuzzy). I was getting weary of the site by then because of school and I was long done watching anime. I think I coined the Year in Review idea and that was my last bit with the site. The site became too much of a job and I promoted a handful of people to administrator. Sorrow was proving himself a worthy leader and eventually he took reigns of the project quietly and I stepped down happily. Maybe we've got PMs or forum posts of this period, but I barely remember it.

2006 came and I was popping in and out, not really doing anything, with barely the strength to edit drafts. I still remember the days when I had everyone submit original screenshots and I would crop them, host them, and post them myself. What a contrast. I graduated high school in 2007 and remember nothing of NHRV, because I did nothing. I watched from the sidelines in 2008. But 2008 was the key year when the site finally got their reviewers with incredible potential living up to that potential, and Sorrow's leadership was paying off double time. There was one guy I was skeptical about, but he turned out to be a trump card: Shadowmage. The site had a great roster with the likes of AC, Akira, Ascaloth, royal crown, zzeroparticle and Kavik Ryx. By then the site's traffic had increased ten fold and has been holding steady since. The blog was finally picking up after a slow start in '07. And now here we are!

Sorry if I forgot anyone. If it becomes something official, Seven and I will try to mention everyone.

I remember bravotwo! Holy shit that was awesome! Scoot too! Woo! Remember, I don't hold any hard feelings, I just still think you're a bit of a dick. Love ya though and I miss talkin' to you. Last I spoke to you, you were at NYU or something. How's that going?